King of Industry

Chapter 57 – The Old Driver Drove

Chapter 57 The old driver drove

“Yo, Xiao Zhao, can you still drive?” Mu Aijun showed some surprise.

Zhao Guoyang agreed: “Director Mu, I don’t dare to joke about this, I really know it. During the summer vacation at school, I learned it by myself, but I haven’t taken the driver’s license test. It is absolutely no problem to drive a small truck.”

“Oh, since you really know how, then I don’t worry. The driver’s license is easy to handle. One of my comrades-in-arms is the leader of the Ninghai City Vehicle Management Office. You can give me a copy of your ID card. I will go to the city for a meeting later. I’ll help you with this when it’s time.”

Zhao Guoyang didn’t expect such a good thing, he smiled all over his face, he can drive a car, but if he wants to get a driver’s license, it’s really troublesome in this day and age.

Seeing Zhao Guoyang’s uncontrollable joy, Mu Aijun couldn’t help joking: “The driver’s license will definitely be issued soon, but you have to pay the fee yourself…”

Zhao Guoyang scratched his head and said, “Yes, yes, of course.”

Mu Aijun patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said: “Okay, the car is parked at the warehouse, the key is on it, just go and drive by yourself. Slow down on the road, don’t make any mistakes .”

Out of the factory director’s office, Zhao Guoyang went straight to the warehouse, where the medium-sized Jiefang truck in the factory had already parked.

Zhao Guoyang walked to the front of the car in three steps and two steps. Just as he was about to get in the car, he saw Mu Aijun’s driver Li Xiaoqiang coming down.

“Hey, Section Chief Zhao, hello, hello! The car is ready for you, and the gas is full!” Li Xiaoqiang is a smart ghost, knowing that this Zhao Guoyang is getting the favor of Director Mu recently, so he naturally made enough gestures.

Zhao Guoyang hurriedly said a few polite words to Li Xiaoqiang, and before he left, he insisted on stuffing him with a pack of cigarettes.

Zhao Guoyang’s generosity undoubtedly made Li Xiaoqiang’s sense of this young college student a bit better, and he was almost called a brother.

Get the car done, and the next thing will be easy. Zhao Guoyang arranged for several people from the technical department to lift the frame onto the truck and fix it with ropes.

After finishing the work, Zhao Guoyang ordered the names of Hua Guosheng, Xu Dongfeng, and Zhang Chaoyang, and asked them to go to Xiangyang Machinery Factory with him.

After being named, Hua Guosheng’s expression was quite calm, but Xu Dongfeng and Zhang Chaoyang couldn’t restrain the joy on their faces.

In the early 1990s, business travel was a great thing.

No matter how far away or how close you are, if you go to another factory, you won’t be able to escape for at least one meal. Sometimes, when you meet a generous manufacturer, you can still get a pack of cigarettes, which is really a good thing.

Compared with procurement and sales, people in the technical department generally have very few opportunities to travel on business. Therefore, people in the technical department flock to every opportunity to travel.

Zhao Guoyang knew all about these situations. So after seeing the frustration on Chang Yuan’s face, he patted him on the shoulder and explained a few words, saying that the pickup truck can only hold so many people.

Everything was ready, Zhao Guoyang got into the car first, and several others also got up separately.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the pickup truck started and slowly drove out of the factory gate.

Driving a car for the first time after rebirth, this feeling is very strange to Zhao Guoyang.

Old-fashioned manual transmission trucks, shifting gears is quite strenuous, basically physical work, but Zhao Guoyang is enjoying it at the moment, and he doesn’t feel tired at all.

While enjoying the fun of driving, Zhao Guoyang thought to himself: “Seeing that there are less than nine years left before the new century, the domestic automobile industry will soon enter a blowout development.”

“The United States, France, the island countries, especially the German auto companies, will share the big cake of the domestic car industry together. Although I have related technologies that are 20 or 30 years ahead of my mind, I want to keep up with these developments. The competition between automobile powerhouses that has been going on for many years is by no means a matter of one day.”

“In the medium and heavy truck industry, I and the Republic may have a chance to compete with each other. If there is a chance, I can think about it…”

Zhao Guoyang is not just wishful thinking. In fact, his accomplishments in heavy industry in his previous life are among the best in the world.

Nanfeng Group, the top domestic heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer at that time, once hired him as the person in charge of a major project, and finally successfully designed a blockbuster product that sold well all over the world.

If he is given a good environment and supporting technologies, Zhao Guoyang believes that he can definitely design a heavy truck beyond the times.

However, Zhao Guoyang also knew that the meal had to be eaten bite by bite, and such a thing could not be rushed.

And at this stage, Nanfeng Group seems to have no reputation, and heavy trucks, a means of transportation, have not yet emerged. Most of the domestic cargo transportation still relies on trains.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Guoyang felt that he should plan ahead and just be prepared.

Along the way, when Zhao Guoyang was thinking about something, Hua Guosheng in the co-pilot communicated with Xu Dongfeng and Zhang Chaoyang behind him from time to time.

It should be said that Hua Guosheng is still a very competent master. Under his supervision, Xu Dongfeng’s business level improved rapidly.

This is because Xu Dongfeng is a little lazy, otherwise, the progress must be greater.

Hua Guosheng communicated with Xu Dongfeng and Zhang Chaoyang about details on the underbone frame. Zhao Guoyang listened to a few words casually, then nodded secretly.

He can feel that Hua Guosheng still has a thorough understanding of the drawings. This person may not be a good designer, but he is definitely an excellent executor.

The road from Ninghai City to Jianghai County is not easy to walk, with potholes along the way. The small truck bumped so badly that people’s backs ached, and Xu Dongfeng behind couldn’t help humming a few words.

“Guoyang, why haven’t you arrived yet? How far is it?” Xu Dongfeng stretched his neck and asked.

“Xiao Xu, it’s not like you haven’t been to Jianghai County, so do you need to ask?” Zhang Chaoyang next to him said with a smile.

“Of course I know Jianghai County, but I don’t know the exact location of Xiangyang Machinery Factory!” Xu Dongfeng pouted.

Zhao Guoyang looked at Xu Dongfeng’s resentment from the inside rearview mirror, and said with a smile: “Come on, Dongfeng, you just have to bear with it, you’ll be there in ten minutes.”

“Oh, that’s a good feeling!” When he heard that it was coming soon, Xu Dongfeng was refreshed. The guy looked at Hua Guosheng in front of him, and suddenly said.

“Master, this Xiangyang Machinery Factory seems to be small in scale, right? It shouldn’t be comparable to our factory, right?”

Hua Guosheng gave a “hmm”, nodded and said: “This factory is a private enterprise, and the scale is indeed small…”

“Hey, I said that our Hongda Machinery Factory is going back more and more. Even such a small factory is willing to buy a laser welding machine. But our factory is good, and it is still an ordinary welding machine. We need to weld a new product. It’s really embarrassing to go to other small factories to borrow equipment!”

(end of this chapter)